Every owner of a firearm must, within ten days of taking possession of such firearm, obtain an insurance policy from a state-approved insurance provider, that provides a minimum of $ 250,000 liability and loss coverage per firearm, with a minimum total rider of $ 5,000,000, regardless of the number of firearms possessed. Each 100 rounds of ammunition will require a minimum coverage of $5,000. Failure to secure such insurance coverage will be punishable by a prison sentence of not less than one year and/or a fine of not less than $5,000.

Sound farfetched? A Massachusetts liberal representative has already introduced a similar bill in the State House (http://fleming-hayes.com/2011/06/mandate-ma-lawmakers-consider-gun-insurance-2/). Would such a law make it into the federal statutes?

If ObamaCare is ruled constitutional, bet on it. If the federal government can force you to buy health insurance, it can certainly force you to buy other insurance for the common good. The immortal liberal lie that thousands of children are killed accidentally by firearms every year would be trotted-out again, and all it would take is a return of House control to the Democrats to make such a law happen.

Gun owners are the largest cohesive group in the USA. They have raised havoc over some people getting reelected. Can you imagine the problems they can raise for the government? Think of the Frivolous law suits aimed at Sarah Palin and multiply by maybe one million and aim at all government politicians and many employees.

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posted on 03/29/2012 10:05:44 AM PDT
by mountainlion
(I am voting for Sarah after getting screwed again by the DC Thugs.)

> And I doubt that any of you would bring up such idiocy if ever questioned by an LEO.
In 1983 after a burglary, the chief of police asked me if I owned a gun.
I told him it wasn’t any of his business.

Unless you bought all your guns off record Actually if you have read any of my posts for the last ten years, I explain how I decide to "opt out" of the nation gun laws back around the time the Brady Bill was rammed down are throats. Since that day, I have purchased all my guns from individuals, cash only, no paper trail. So yes all my guns are "off record". And yes, if I would be more than willing to commit perjury if asked straight out in a court of law if I own a gun, because it is no more the judges business then any other government toadie and he/she wouldn't be dragging me into court and demanding I answer under oath if they had any other means to find out the answer...

States already do that with respect to lots of things. The only catch here is that it implicates the 2d Amendment, but the SCOTUS has indicated that it’s willing to accept a lot of restrictions on the RKBA.

No, I do not recall reading any of your posts for the last ten years. I may have but I don’t remember (I am, after all, an OldPossum and memories tend to slip nowadays).

It would be most interesting to see how either of us would react if placed in a courtroom situation and presented with telling the truth or perjurying ourselves over a matter of Constitutional law. I would hope that both of us would choose the patriot’s position and lie to the bastards.

I agree with your position since I think the Second Amendment means exactly what it says. But surely you know that all cultural/societal events are not going our way as the “progressives” have taken over the education system and are indoctrinating the children into their way of thinking, and it’s just a matter of time before we have to confront this sea change. It’s at that point that all of us has to put up or shut up. We either save the American way of life or give it up. I know what I will do.

Dont youand othersever get tired of trotting out that nonsense? Its not original and its not clever.

It's an ongoing inside joke. What bothers you so much about it? How is it offensive? Would you rather a "Bush's fault" comment? That's a bit worn out too.

Of course we would be honest and forthright under most conditions when dealing with LEO. We are law abiding and upstanding citizens.....until there comes a time when outright confiscation of property deems otherwise.

You should know that claiming to have all of your guns lost in a tragic accident is a long time running joke on FR.

I have been a member of FR since 2001, and yes, of course, I know that it is a long-running joke. My point--and I do have one--is that it is an unclever, unfunny, non-sensical joke. It never made sense from the get-go, to wit, why would anyone transport his gun collection in a frigging boat? Jokes have to have some basis in fact that establishes what you're going to make fun of. And this one fails miserably in that regard.

I just had my Cannon T-54 Dbl Door Gunsafe, extensive weapons, accessories, ammo appraised for *replacement value* on Monday by an FFL, and I was stunned. I sent a copy of the written appraisal into my ins co for an estimate on a rider, since the 2½-ton safe/contents are now at my home and weren't covered by by the original homeowner's policy. I'll be sitting down when I get their quote.

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posted on 03/29/2012 10:43:08 AM PDT
by carriage_hill
(I'll "vote for an orange juice can", over Barry 0bummer and another 4yrs of his Regime From Hell!)

Not true. I would call your attention to the antics of the black folks throughout the country in response to the killing of a (possible) thug. Don't see anyone getting worked up when the police or the ATF kill a gun owner or an "arsenal" is seized. Don't see whites getting all full of phony outrage when a black kills white people (happens all the time - the killing that is)

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posted on 03/29/2012 10:47:34 AM PDT
by from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)

And I doubt that any of you would bring up such idiocy if ever questioned by an LEO.

I don't know who you are, what your background is, your political persuasion, nothing...

But I will assure you, and you can take it to the bank, that there are a great many patriots on this forum that would make that statement to any damned LEO that has the stupidity to ask about the whereabouts of weapons, when said LEO is preparing to seize or has been told by his government goon leaders to ascertain the whereabouts of said weapons.

I know damn well I would...I would lie to any snooping POS that started inquiring about my weapons.

LEO or not...I would even lie to the damned president about it.

I would lie to you about it.

And, by the way, all my weapons fell off my boat while I was fishing last year.

Lost 'em all...every one.

All I have left is a rusty pocket knife, and it was made in China.

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posted on 03/29/2012 10:47:50 AM PDT
by OldSmaj
(I am an avowed enemy of islam and obama is a damned fool and traitor. Questions?)

No, I do not recall reading any of your posts for the last ten years. I may have but I dont remember (I am, after all, an OldPossum and memories tend to slip nowadays).

Sorry if I made it sound that way, after all it's not like I'm the divine voice of Conservatism, whose writings must be committed to memory by all. People don't pay much attention to my ramblings anyway (and might be smart not to).

But I think on the gun issues we are pretty much in agreement, as for the guns "falling off the boat" thing. That joke has been around longer than Freerepublic. I don't think anybody would seriously say that. It's has just kind of become shorthand for "lie". So when one of us says that if the day ever comes that we are told by the government to register or turn in our guns we are going to say they "fell off the boat". We really mean that we are going to lie and claim our guns were stolen, sold, lost, destroyed, got damaged and were thrown away, whatever, as long as it's believable (unlike the boat thing) and the authorities would have a difficult if not impossible task of proving otherwise.

My husband and I just finished taking the Concealed Carry class required for licensing in Wisconsin. Our intructor advised that each of us in the class be sure to get a $1 million umbrella policy and to discuss whether it covers our guns. As for himself, he just upped his insurance to $3 million because he also carries the liability of all the students he has instructed.

He also suggested that we have the names and phone numbers of 2 attorneys in our wallets and programmed into our cell phones that we had previously discussed gun issues with and who had agreed to defend us, if we should ever have to use our weapons.

He guaranteed that if we should ever have to fire our guns at a person that it would be a $1 million dollar issue before all was said and done.

I still laugh when Hommer Simpson says, "Doh!". Call me a simpleton. But the reason it stays funny for me starts with a newcommer to FR some time back that stated, "With all the reckless boating enthusiasts here at FR you'd think there would be a ping list." Another person once asked, "Why do you idiots all take your guns on boating trips? It's not like you can fish with them?" I replied simply, "What else you gonna use for an anchor?"

I still laugh at that and the occassional question about why everyone claims to have lost their guns in a boating accident.

Sorry, Possum. Call us immature young punks. But I still get at least a smirk and try to be the first one on the forum to post about my boating accident.

Attack ALL gun owners and see what happens. 15 million requests for background checks for gun purchases were processed this year. 140,000 checks was the record for one day. I don't know how many gun owners there are in the USA but it must be between 100-200 MILLION. Let Boama attack them and see what happens.

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posted on 03/29/2012 11:00:44 AM PDT
by mountainlion
(I am voting for Sarah after getting screwed again by the DC Thugs.)

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